Watermota have seen a rise in pump package sales for this year. They are providing a range of vessels with pumps and spare parts to enable product replacement and on board maintenance. As an Azcue distributor Watermota are able to supply the full range for the marine, offshore, industrial, utilities, agriculture and mining sectors. Recent projects include: An existing UK customer has had products shipped to a vessel currently located in Estonia. Watermota are supplying a pair

A new antifouling coating containing the barnacle‑repellent active agent Selektope® has been introduced to the market by Chugoku Marine Paints (CMP). SEA PREMIER 3000 PLUS is the eighth product developed by CMP that contains Selektope®, demonstrating the Japanese paint manufacturer’s growing commitment to the technology. SEA PREMIER 3000 PLUS is a self‑polishing coating based on silyl polymer technology. It delivers excellent slime and algal resistance with the combined power

Dales Marine Services continue to set the pace for efficient vessel drydocking, and this well demonstrated not only by recent activity, but also with the impressive 24 confirmed bookings made by ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne for the forthcoming season – typically running from September to April. Most of the CalMac vessels in this annual refit programme will be docked at Dales Marine’s dry docks at Greenock or Troon on west coast of Scotland, with 2 vessels using Dales M

Three months after signing a new build agreement for ‘Seacat Weatherly’ with Seacat Services Ltd., the yard is pleased to confirm that an option for a further identical vessel to be named ‘Seacat Rainbow’ has been contracted. ‘Seacat Rainbow’ is the second vessel in the Chartwell Marine 24 series and will be powered by twin MTU 12V2000M72 1450hp main engines and Kongsberg Kamewa S56 water jet units. The vessel, built to BV class, under survey and HSC‑OSC for 26px/industrial p

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has bid farewell to the Diving Support Vessel Deep Arctic following a significant maintenance stopover, a substantial proportion of which was spent in dry dock. It was an exceptionally complex project with a total of 2198 work permits issued, an indication of the large number of individual jobs that were completed and the number of stakeholders involved. The work was completed with zero hours lost to injuries and restricted work cases. The 156-metre

Jenkins Marine Secure Poole Quay Back in April 2019 Jenkins Marine was called to complete emergency repairs at a section of Poole Quay. Following emergency piling works to stabilise the failed quay wall at a residential/marina development, further detailed design and engineering works have been completed to produce a design for a more permanent repair. Workboat ‘Avon’ was deployed again to complete the initial piling work to install 20, 15m long and 508mm outside diameter tub

The WA asks “How can we solve an industry problem?” The Workboat Association (WA) recently posed a big question to the visitors and exhibitors at Seawork 2019, a continuing trend of incidents and audit findings have shown that not everything is being done to ensure safe access to vessels in the workboat sector. “The tipping point for WA involvement to improve safety standards regarding workboat access was following one of our ‘Offshore Wind focused Open Safety Forums’, a memb

Aberdeen’s Nucore Group expands its range of products and services with the recent appointment Brian Wallace as Offshore Door Services Manager. Brian has 15 years of technical experience, working offshore in Angola, Caspian region, Europe and UKCS in senior service technician roles. He has both technical and project management experience in the installation, service and maintenance of modular fire and blast doors and hatches. His appointment will see the development of a new